Due to COVID-19 restrictions, at this time White Ribbon is able to accommodate online engagements only - workshops, trainings and presentations delivered through video conference and webinars.  Our team remains committed and passionate in working with wide-ranging community stakeholders, groups, and workplaces to advance gender equality and prevent all forms of gender-based violence. Let's keep up the virtual conversation during these difficult times.

OUR APPROACH

White Ribbon workshops are conducted after a safe space is created for participants and after the acknowledgment that gender-based violence affects everyone, including male-identified individuals, but that women and girls (including transgender women and girls) are disproportionately and severely impacted by men’s violence. Participants are encouraged to share their views, experiences, and insights on gender-based violence, with the goal of promoting positive roles for male-identified individuals to end gender-based violence. Please reach out to us to enquire about fees.

 
​Building Ally-ship Together With Women and Girls to End Gender-Based Violence
1 hour-1.5 hours 
 This one-hour introductory workshop is designed to foster understanding about the root causes of gender-based violence (gender norms and expectations) and ways male-identified individuals can prevent it. This workshop explores the history and work of White Ribbon and introduces approaches to building ally-ship: understanding emotions, healthy masculinities, identifying one’s power and privilege, consent, ways to intervene when violence occurs, and how to be a positive role model to other male-identified youth/adults. 

Book a building ally-ship workshop

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Building Ally-ship and Unpacking “Bro-Culture”
2-2.5 hours 
​This workshop contains all the elements from Option 1. Additionally, participants will be engaged in questioning systems of violence (white male privilege, rape culture and ‘bro’ culture) present within traditional and social media, and explore ways to promote gender equality and healthy masculinities. Through guided discussions and activities, participants will identify ways of challenging toxic masculinity and of promoting healthy relationships as well as a positive sense of self. 

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Building Ally-ship through Consent Culture and Effective Bystander Intervention 2-2.5 hours 
This workshop builds the capacity of participants to grow consent culture in their communities and effectively speak out when they see or hear violence. Through guided discussions and activities, participants will identify ways of challenging toxic masculinity and of promoting healthy relationships as well as a positive sense of self. Through guided role play, participants will develop the skills they need to begin to have courageous but challenging conversations. 

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Building Ally-ship and Exploring My Own Role and Commitment to Ending Gender-Based Violence
4 hours
​This workshop contains all the elements from Options 1-3 and builds participants’ capacity to be agents of change within themselves and their communities, using a variety of experiential learning techniques to improve communication, through increased emotional intelligence. Participants will have the opportunity to practice skills in supporting survivors, challenging unequal gender norms, fostering empathy, listening actively and promoting consent.

Book an exploring my own role workshop

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Building Ally-ship through Storytelling and Action Planning
6.5 hours plus breaks 
​This full-day workshop contains all of the elements from Options 1-4, and builds the capacity of participants to be agents of change within themselves and their communities by engaging in action planning aimed at preventing gender-based violence. Specifically, participants will be guided through a process of brainstorming and then prioritizing initiatives into a concrete action plan. This workshop also gives participants the opportunity to explore and tell their own story of how they think about gender, and connect with participants to support each other in expanding their ideas. In-depth action planning is facilitated to guide community-based organizations, professionals in their advocacy. 

Book an ally-ship through storytelling workshop

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White Ribbon Draw-the-Line (DTL) Workshop: Post-Secondary Sector
1.5 hrs 
Be inspired and walk away with skills and confidence to challenge rape culture and foster male accountability to prevent sexual violence on and off campus. White Ribbon DTL workshops have the following objectives.

• To explore the many forms of sexual violence and its prevention;
• To build a sense of preparedness and confidence to respond safely, effectively, and using a survivor-centered approach;
• To identify numerous concrete actions male-identified students, faculty, and staff can take every day to promote gender equality and prevent sexual violence

Learn more about the Draw-the-Line Campaign here. 
Draw-the-Line is funded by the Ontario Government.

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What our community partners are saying about us: 

Facilitators from White Ribbon came to our Grade 12 Equity and Social Justice class and ran a very organized, personal, and engaging workshop with 31 students.  Jarvis is a very diverse school with many complex gender identities. White Ribbon facilitators were sensitive, without holding back on key messages, including the impact of toxic masculinity on all gender identities, as well as ways that we can all be a part of the solution to ending gender-based violence. I would be very happy to have them facilitate again.
-Cindy Watson, B.A, B.Ed.,M.S.W., Educator, Jarvis C.I.

White Ribbon facilitated Building Ally-Ship and Unpacking “Bro-Culture” workshop with us. It was a very interactive session that led to great discussion. It started the conversation about what we as student leaders can do on our campus to prevent gender based violence, and allowed us to create realistic goals on how get there. 
​- Jacob Chevrier, Georgian College